Ethanol tolerance engineering in ethanologenic bacteria. KU Leuven
Bioethanol is considered as a valuable, green fuel-alternative because greenhouse gas emission can be significantly reduced. Moreover, the polymer industry shows great interest in this alcohol as a precursor molecule for the production of a wide variety of plastics, including Plexiglas (PMMA), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Because of its high demand in the industrial and transport sector, it ...